Chapter IX: Honoré

Becker followed the passers-by to his destination, looking at the tavern in front of him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The taverns in Blackreef Village are basically only for the few farmers and fishermen in the village, and they are small, dilapidated and old, and they don't even have a sign, because in a palm-sized village, the villagers are familiar with each other, and it doesn't need a signboard.

Frostmoon Village is located on the main waterway, and the docks in the village are always indispensable to merchant ships passing by to replenish supplies and stop to rest, or cargo ships transporting supplies, so Honoré's tavern is not only facing the villagers, but also the crew from outside.

Honoré's tavern is quite large, with a small three-story building, the first and second floors are taverns, and the third floor is a hotel room, the façade of the tavern is painted a conspicuous red, and the lively scene can be easily seen from the outside through the large glass windows.

From the balcony on the third floor, a large sign was carved into an anchor, with a bottle reclining on one side of the anchor and the words "Tavern Honoré" written on the other.

In front of the door of the Tavern of Honoré stands a sign with the words "Tavern Secret, Signature Mead" engraved at the top, and a menu written in chalk below.

Becker glanced at the sign twice, and walked into the tavern, where a bell was installed behind the door of the tavern, and as the bell rang, a man with a bald head and a neat mustache behind the bar on the first floor of the tavern moved his ears, accurately recognizing the sound of customers approaching the door from the noisy environment of the tavern, and immediately took his eyes off the ledger and looked at the door.

When he saw that Becker was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.

Becker also looked at the other party, this bald-headed, neat mustache man is tall and thin, but he can vaguely see the similarities with Sean from his face, but compared to the sloppy Sean, this man is much more neat, wearing a clean white shirt, a red suit vest, and a black bow tie around his neck.

The first floor of the tavern was also quite large, and there were quite a few crew members or villagers seated, but only one young man was busy.

Bazihu's disappointed expression was fleeting, upholding the belief that no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, stretched his neck and shouted "Charles" twice, seeing that the poor guy was busy spinning, he really couldn't get out, so he personally walked around from behind the bar, trotted to Becker with a professional smile, and asked enthusiastically: "Guest, come alone?" What do you want to do? Mead? Our mead is famous. ”

Becker also smiled professionally and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm not here to drink, I'm here to find someone, is Mr. Honoré here?" ”

"Huh? Looking for someone," the mustache changed faster than a book, the smile disappeared immediately, and the triangular eyes looked up and down at the plainly dressed Becker, and asked expressionlessly, "What are you looking for Honoré?" ”

"I'll send him a letter," said Becker, smiling, and then added as if complaining, "but fortunately this tavern is famous, and many people in other places have heard of it, and know in which village, and Monsieur Honoré has a good reputation in the village, and the villagers are very eager to show me the way when they hear that I am looking for Monsieur Honoré, otherwise this unfamiliar person would not know when to find it." ”

The invisible sycophants were all taken away, and the person in front of him stroked his mustache, his face was not as rigid as just now, with a slight smile, and he squinted and said, "I am Honoré." ”

"Ahh Becker seemed to be a little surprised, and while digging out the letter, he said nonsense: "No wonder the crew I have met mentioned the Honoré Bar, and they all say that the reason why the bar is so good and famous at sea is due to the hard work and ability of the boss, I should have thought of it." ”

Becker had been in the society for many years in his previous life, and the thickness of his face was completely increased or subtracted according to actual needs, and his face was not red after the nonsense, and the age of twelve or thirteen years old also added real damage to the sycophant, Honoré smiled and accepted the letter from the sycophant and the proprietress of the house, opened the envelope in front of Becker, and read it.

The letter from the proprietress told the news that the village of Blackreef was attacked and Sean was killed, this news seemed to make Honoré feel unbearable, and he couldn't read it anymore, raised his head, closed his eyes and sighed, as if he was worried about the proprietress orphans and widows supporting a family independently, and then bowed his head and asked Becker: "Sean is dead, will Mary still buy wine from me?" ”

Becker was stunned, Mary is the name of the proprietress and he can't remember the name of the savior, what makes him a little stunned is Honoré's attitude, and the worry before co-authoring is for his own business?

"The hostess will still open the tavern, and she will continue to drink to you in the future."

"That's good." Honoré muttered, and without waiting for Becker to finish, he continued to read the letter, and when he read the end of the letter, the proprietress Mary begged him to take in Becker, who had saved her mother and daughter, and her face suddenly became a little ugly.

Honoré's eyes rolled, and after reading the letter, he pretended to be sad and folded the letter again, and pretended to say to Becker: "I didn't expect that Sean and I haven't seen each other for a few years, and a few years will become forever, I received the letter, thank you, this is fifty Bailey, thank you, thank you, buy some food on the way back." ”

Becker scolded secretly, and pushed Fifty Bailey back with a smile on his face, he had a general understanding of the currency of this world during this time, and the yen was similar in his previous life, and this money was equivalent to sending a meal: "The proprietress said that I should live with Mr. Honoré temporarily, didn't she say it in the letter?" ”

"The child lies," Honoré grimaced, carefully put Bailey back in his jacket pocket, and clutched the letter into a ball with the other hand, and stuffed it into his trouser pocket: "The letter didn't say anything, you little tramp still want to cheat and live with me?" ”

"That's ......," Becker pretended to be embarrassed, as if he was a little confused: "It's impossible, the proprietress obviously said that I want you to buy a new batch of wine, let me bring the deposit and hand it over to you, and then stay with you, and I will take care of it when I enter the wine accounting later." ”

In the past, Sean was in charge, but now Sean is dead.

"Deposit?" Honoré's ears moved, and his eyes fell on the package that Becker was carrying behind him for the first time, and he asked with some disbelief: "Will you settle the account?" And why didn't Mary say these things in the letter? ”

"I was in charge of bookkeeping in Mr. Sean's tavern before," including running errands, moving goods, cleaning, etc., etc., Becker secretly slandered, this body at least has a certain education, even if he has incomplete memory inheritance, literacy and accounting, Sean took Becker in, and is unwilling to let him go, call him like a slave, and fully squeeze his labor, "The proprietress is worried that if I accidentally lose the letter, I will be seen by the bad guys, and I will have bad intentions towards me." ”

"That's ......," Honoré took out the crumpled letter, spread it out and looked at it pretendedly, and "exclaimed" with very poor acting skills: "So here, I didn't see it just now, alas, I was so sad before." ”

In order to survive, Becker also had to pinch his nose and play with the bad actor who entered the crew through the back door, and said with a sympathetic face: "I understand, Mr. Honoré, you are really a person who values love and righteousness. ”

In fact, Becker didn't want to live in the tavern of the old bastard Honoré, but first, the proprietress did give Becker the money for the wine, and under Becker's persuasion, he let him be in charge of bookkeeping, and secondly, after just seeing the brutal pirates and warlord-like navy, Becker was really full of doubts about the order of this world, he was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy who was unacquainted in Frostmoon Village, unfamiliar with life, and held a large sum of money and was simply waiting to be slaughtered like a fat sheep, and he might not even have a small life when he met a black shop.

Although Honoré is a little scumbag, he will not harm his own life, after all, he is still waiting to make money.

Becker needed a safe place to stay temporarily, Honoré needed to make money, and both of them had fake smiles on their faces, although their hearts were full of reluctance and resistance.

When it came to money, Honoré greeted Becker quite warmly, as if he had changed people, and hoped that he would give the deposit to himself first.

Becker was not stupid, pretending to be deaf and dumb to deal with the past, and only showed him that he really had a deposit, and after establishing a foothold, he wanted to get down to business first, and go to the dojo that the proprietress had said.

He told Honoré that he wanted to go around the village, Honoré was a little anxious, Frostmoon Village is not small, and he is not the only tavern, and Sean used to drink with him because the two were relatives, and secondly, because other taverns were remote in Blackreef Village, and it was troublesome to transport goods and make little money, and Honoré would not be afraid of trouble as long as he could earn a Bailey.

But who would want to make less money if they can make more money? In the past, because Sean was familiar with the market, Honoré could only make a little less, but now Mary, who is a little timid and introverted in Honoré's memory, is in charge of the tavern, she doesn't understand the market, and she has no other connections, so she can make more money with shoddy, cheap and expensive.

Becker is currently Mary's only informant in Frostmoon Village, what if Becker hangs out in Frostmoon Village and hooks up with other taverns? What should I do if I am familiar with the market and ruin my "money-making plan"?

Honoré wanted to lock Becker in his tavern, but he knew he couldn't do it, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly craned his neck and shouted to the second floor through the handrail of the stairs: "Eugenie! ”

A crisp and pleasant girl's voice came from the second floor, and she responded, and then she heard a series of eager downstairs sounds, and a young girl in the prime of her life ran down from the second floor.

The girl was wearing a plain dress, holding a rag in one hand, her skin was frosty and snowy, her actions were like weak willows supporting the wind, and there was a hint of cowardice between her eyebrows, she came to Honoré and called in a low voice: "Dad." ”

"This is Becker, your aunt and sister's savior!" Honoré pointed at Becker, not mentioning Sean's death.

Eugenie followed his movements with a quick glance at Becker, then retracted her gaze embarrassedly, stared at the ground under her feet, and let out a soft "um".

Honoré was a little dissatisfied with his daughter's attitude, and wanted to have a seizure, but he gave up again, and continued: "He wants to go around Frost Moon Village, you accompany him, help him be a guide, and save him from getting lost." ”

"But what about the guests on the second floor?" Eugenie asked hesitantly.

"Isn't there your mother?"

"But Mother is in charge of serving the tenants on the third floor?"

"Then tell her to be busy a little longer, and look at the guests on the second floor by the way!" Honoré cried out in annoyance, and saw that Eugenie leaned back in some fear, and then restrained his anger, and whispered in her ear.

Seeing that Eugenie was a little red with Honoré's words, Becker rolled his eyes, this Honoré really regarded himself as a little child, and he didn't know what was going on with a little girl around him, so in order to earn some money for the purchase of orphans and widows, he used his daughter as a beauty, no wonder the people in the village talked about him with disdain, it was really a strange flower.